#499DC9#499DC9

#499DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.104 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DC9
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -11.95, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 32.43, 248.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.0607 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.104 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3432, 29.7449, 59.6527)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DC9 #C97549

analogous

#49C9B5 #499DC9 #495DC9

triadic

#499DC9 #C9499D #9DC949

tetradic

#499DC9 #B549C9 #C97549 #5DC949

square

#499DC9 #B549C9 #C97549 #5DC949

split-complementary

#499DC9 #C9495D #C9B549

monochromatic

#235975 #317CA4 #499DC9 #78B6D7 #A7D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#499DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#499DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DC9

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DC9	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.104 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9d9',
    500: '#499dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dc9;
$custom-light: #88b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66232,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DC9

secondary

#D2AE9C

accent

#7D4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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